Index cutter and printer.



J. c. PELLETIER & D. RONDEAU.

INDEX CUTTER AND PRINTER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5. 191

1,302,083., Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

2 $HEETS-SHEET I- J. C. PELLETIER & D. RONDEAU.

IND EX CUTTER AND PRINTER. APPLICATION FILED IuLY 5.1917.

1,392,083 Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

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JOSEPH C. PELLETIER AND DAVID RONDEAU, OF WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA.

INDEX CUTTER AND PRINTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29, 1919.

Application filed July 5, 1917. Serial No. 178,793.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH O. PELLETIER and DAVID RONDEAU, both of the city of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Index Cutters and Printers, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to improvements in index cutters and printers and the object of the invention is to provide a machine where by pages or sheets can be cut and indexed in the one operation and further such that the complete Work'of indexing, say for the entire alphabet, can be done.

. With the above principal objects in view and other minor objects which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists essentially in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more particularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which a Figure 1 represents an end view of the complete machine.

I ,Fig. 2 represents a front view thereof.

Fig. 3 represents an enlarged detailed front view of'the printing and cutting parts.

Fig. 4 represents an end view of the lat ter parts.

Fig. 5 represents an enlarged detailed vertical sectional view through the ink box.

Fig. 6 represents an enlarged detailed ver tical sectional view through the release pin. Fig. 7 represents a perspective view of the release pin collar.

1 In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

. land 2 represent a pair of end standards mounted on the base piece 3 and connected by a cross top beam 4 which is securely bolted to the standards.

5 and 6 represent opposing vertically disposed guides secured permanently to the upper ends of the standards and receiving sliding blocks 7 and 8 secured to and extending from the ends of the top knife beam 9. Ver tically disposed lining rods 10 and 11 are interposed between the top beam 4t and the base '3 and pass through the beam 9 and the blocks, these rods preventing one end of the knife beam from getting ahead of the other when pulled down. The knife beam is suspended in horizontal position by coiled springs 12 and 13 attached to the top beam and to the knife beam.

In the operation of this machine it is necessary to pull the knife beam down against the up-pull of the springs and we have accomplished this in the present disclosure by means of a foot pedal 14 carried by end pivot bars 15 and 16 and connected by up standing rods 18 and 19 to oustanding bars 20 and 21 secured permanently to the knife beam.

The upper ends of the rods 18 and 19 are threaded where they enter the bars and are supplied with upper and lower nuts 22 and 23 whereby the rods can be adjusted in respect to the bars.

Obviously the knife beam will be forced down if one press the foot pedal down with his foot.

Toward the back of the machine we 10- cate a horizontal screw shaft 24 which passes lengthwise of the machine and has the end thereof suitably mounted in the end standards the mounting being such that the shaft can be rotated a fixed amount by turning the end indicator 25 by the hand.

It is here to be noticed that the shaft has no end movement, only a rotary one around its central axis.

In advance of the shaft we place a guide beam 26 which is parallel with the shaft and has the ends thereofpermanently secured to the end standards. On the shaft and on this beam We mount a shiftable knife carriage 27 which embodies a front bar 28 slidably mounted on the beam 26 and two backturned end extensions 29 and 30 which are threaded to receive the shaft.

Obviously from this arrangement the turning of the shaft will effect the traveling of the knife carriage to the left or right as desired and a fixed amount determined by the pitch of the threads and the amount that the indicator is turned.

Directly above the lower carriage 27 we locate an upper knife carriage 31 which is slidably suspended from the beam 9 by hook shaped hangers 32. This top carriage is caused to mov with the bottom carriage and for this purpose we provide extending carrier bars 33 and 84: secured permanently to the top carriage and connected slidably to the bottom carriage, the arrangement being such that in the movement of the bottom carriage under the control of the shaft the top carriage will be compelled to slide correspondingly on the beam 9 and such that in the downward movement of the beam 9 the carrier b'arswill slide in respect tothe lower carriage to accommodate the movement. The lower carriage carries the lower knife '35 which is of an elongated L-shape with the turned end directed toward the shaft.

The upper edge of the knife issharpened and is contained in the horizontal plane. Directly above the lower knife and mounted on the top carriage is thetop knife 36 which is also of Y an elongated "L-shap'e and has the lower or cuttii'ig edges thereof inclining gradually downwardly as indicated "at 37 and '38 to 'the corner where they meet in a downwardly projecting point 39. This upper knife 'is positioned so that when cutting it will p'ass tothe'insideof the lowerknife.

The machine ashereiiibefore disclosed will do the index cutting as it will be obvious that upon a sheet or several sheets being placed between the knives and the foot pe'tlal,-beiiig pres ed down, the knives will cut a strip'oiitofthe paper'and leavean'indexing taX as is customarily found on indeXed pages. After the first tab has been cut the indicator is turned the proper amount and a further sheet is inserted and the foot ped'a-l'again pressed. Thiscuts the sheets'toprovidefor the second indexing tab which "would be longer than the first, depending on the adjustmentgiven'the knives in respectto'the sheet'or sheets which in all cases, it will be understood,- ar'efed in at'the same point, the khives'alohebeing shifted.

Bycoiitinuin'g thi'sope'ration a whole series of indexing tabs can be cut'accurately and quickly. 5 I

The printing is accomplisl'ied by 'the following parts The lower knifec'arrieucarries an indexing printihgstrip 40 and an ink box '41, while the uppercai'riage carries a printing rename, a platen 4:2, and a roller shifting appliance 42. The printing strip atOis'p'rovidedwith raised charaeters'such as say the letters of the alphabet audit is mountedon alowercircular roller-43 and an upper flat sided roller 4A,'therollers being carried by short spindles 4:5 and 46 located at the ends of adjusta-bly connected vertically disposed bars t? and 48. The upper spindle 46 projects from the upper carriage and the top roller'turnsfon thetop "spindle.

Betweenthe top'roller and the ink box-we have the "folle'r' 42 which is suitably carried by "a bracket 42 5 secured 110 the top carriage and a um-lewd end of the ink box" we supply a 'fee'd roller 49 which in "the manipulation o f the-machine is adapted to deposit ink from the box on to the printing roller -12 which in 't'ui'h inks the raised characters of the strip.

The platen 42isp1aced directly above the top roller being arranged such that when it is brought down by the manipulation of the beam 9 it will press against the face of --th'e their top character of the strip. 'Obviously if paper be placed between the strip ahdthe platen the impression of the character will be made on the paper when the beam 9 goes down.

ln'utilizing'this device to print the letters of the alphabet it is necessary to rotate the strip one letter displacement each time the beam is depressed and this "is accomplished by a spring catch '50 1 secured to the top carriage andengagin'g with a ratchet Wheel 51 located at the endcf the top "roller. Any suitable appliance such as flat friction spring52 secured toth'e side b'ar 47can be used to prevent the roller being turned by the catch when it pa'ssesd'own. In the 'upward movement of" the :beam the catch is de signedto engagetheratchet wheel and'turn the rollerso that a new and the fol-lowing letter is presented on the top side.

The top 'roll'eris positioned in respect to the knives so that'at'the time any particular indexii'igtahis cut'aletter will be impressed onthetab of that'sheet. jihceol'dinglyy-if one set thestrip so thatsay'theffirstletter of-the alphabet is up when the first tab is cut,then he can operate the machine continuouslyand cut and print all thenecessary tabs for the complete alphabetical index.

\Vhile we have describedthe various parts of this machine in detail, we wish it to'be understood that we do not wish to'be limited to the precise arrangement shown as other constructionsserving the same functions could be readilyrsubstituted without in the least departing from the spirit of-the invention and while coming under the scope'of the appended claims- 1 The upper knife 36 is "hinged as indicated atf36 to allow the said knifetobe'swimg out so that two ormor'e letterscan he printed on the one tab if desired without 'the knife cutting. Any convenient n'1'ean's such as a catch36 =can beused'to hold theknife in'th'e iiormal or cutting position.

It is desirable, where long shiftson "the knife carriages are required, to provide a means for permitting this to'be donewithout 'havin'g'to turn the indicator. We'accomplish this in the presentcase -by'inounting a spring pressed 'pin'53en'eaehpf the back turned eixtensiens 29 and 30,t-he ii'iner ends efthe pinsnormally riding'Between the threads of the shaft. Th'eupper'end of eaeh p'in is formed into ahead 54 which is fitted with a fingereing 55 and the-lower si'de thereof flattened to "enter opposing slots '56 and 57 'foi'med-in a sle eve *58"seated on the extension in each Y ease.

Obviously from this arrangement when the pins are in'the'oarria'ges. will be ceased to move "backwafdly and forwar'dly "when the indicator is turned. However, if one wishes to move the carriages Without turning the indicator he. simply pulls up the finger ring to release the pin and then turns the finger ring a quarter turn so that the flat sides thereof Will ride the top ends of the sleeve in which positions the pins are clear of the threads. The carriages can then be shifted freely by direct hand application and manipulation.

What We claim as our invention is 1. In an index cutting and printing machine, the combination With a lower knife carriage, a substantially L-shaped knife blade mounted on the carriage, an upper suitably mounted knife carriage, a substantially L-shaped upper knife carried by the upper carriage and means for manipulating the upper knife carriage to bring the knives into cutting relation, of an endless indexing printing strip carried by the lower knife carriage and located at one end thereof and presenting a series of printing characters, means for inking the strip, a platen carried by the upper knife carriage and means for automatically bringing the indexing characters successively to a position under the platen to effect the printing of a character each time the knives are brought into cutting relation.

2. "In an index cutting and printing ma chine in combination, a loWer stationary substantially L-shaped cutting knife having the cutting edges contained in the horizontal plane and an upper vertically movable coacting substantially L-shaped cutting knife having the cutting edges thereof contained in oppositely inclining planes terminating at their intersection in a downwardly extending piercing point.

Signed at Winnepeg, this 12th day of April, 1917.

JOSEPH C. PELLET'IER. DAVID RONDEAU.

In the presence of GERALD S. ROXB'URGH, ROLAND FOSTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

aahtngton, n. W 

